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VAPOR BURNER.

(No Model.)

Patented Nov.v 20, 1888 N. FETERS, Pnnwumu m hw. Washington. 0.6.

UNITED STATES CHARLES M. YOUNG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC HEATER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

VAPOR-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,050, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed August 1, 1885. Serial No. 173,293. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and 5 useful Improvements in Vapor Burners, of

which the following is a specification.

The object of my device is to regulate the inflow of the oil and water into the vaporburner, so that the amount supplied to the vaporizing-chambers will be mechanically controlled as to the maximum quantity without depending upon the attention and care of the domestic; and my invention consists in the features and details of construction hereinafter r described.

, In the drawings, Figure 1 represents theimprovement in perspective. Fig. 2 shows a detailed view, in perspective, of a portion of the same; and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of a are adapted to be used.

A represents the water-pipe,which communicates between the source of water-su pply and the water-vaporizing chamber.

B represents the oil-pipe, which communicates between the source of oil-supply and the oil-vaporizing chamber.

0 represents the stem of a cook or valve located in the oil and water pipes by which the supply of oil and water is admitted or cut off.

D and E represent the handles by which the stem 0 and its valves are operated.

F andG represent regulating valves or cocks located in the water and oil pi pes,respectively, and between the supply and cut-off valves and the oil and water vaporizing chambers, and H represents an upright pipe located on the water-pipe and provided with a cock that serves to open or close it.

My improvements are intended to be used in connection with vapor-burners in which oil and water are conveyed to their respective vapor-chambers and converted into vapor or gas and burned. A good illustration of the kind of burners with which my improvements are applicable and in connection with which they may be employed is that shown and described in my application for Letters Patent filed July 15, 1885, as Serial No. 171,655, and I have illus- 50 trated such a burner in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

vapor-burner with which my improvements to be unnecessary, particularly as they are In that figure, A represents the water-vaporizing chamber; B, the oil-vaporizing chamber; C, the mixing-chamber; D, the space within the walls of the stove in which the gases are burned; E, a perforated cap on the water-receiving chamber; F, a cap or ring on the oilreceiving chamber; G, overflow-perforations used in the commencement of the fire; H,perforations in the oil-chamber through which the gases escape into the mixing-chamber; I, pipes leading from the mixing-chamber to the burning-orifices; J, the burning-orifices; M, the top of the mixing-chamber; N, a ring resting on the top of the mixing-chamber to distribute the flame in the stove; O, the place for inserting the lifter to remove the ring, and P apan in which the oil drips when the fire is being lighted. As none of the parts form the special subject-matter of my claim in this application, further description of them is thought fully described and claimed in my other ap plication, to which reference is made.

In my experience in the operation and manipulation of vapor-burners in which the supply of oil and water is admitted into the oil and water vaporizing chambers to be vaporized and burned together I have found much difficulty growing out of the carelessness and thoughtlessness of servants, whose business it usually is to attend to these matters. Sometimes they will turn the valve admitting the supply of oil and forget to turn that which admits the supply of water, in which case there will be a wasteful use of oil, together with the creation of such an amount of soot as will soon serve to clog up the stove-pipe or chimney with which the vapor-burner communicates, and at other times they will neglect to turn the cooks and open the valves in such a way that the supply of oil and water will be in the proper proportion to secure the best results.

The only way that I have been able to so cure the proper, regular, and proportionate admission of the oil and water has been to ar- 5 range the parts in such mechanical relation to each other that care, intelligence, and thought on the part of the servant will be practically unrequired and unable to influence the result. The means which I have adopted, and which roo .ter vaporizing chambers.

I have found to work admirably,consist in the employment of valves in the oil and water inflow pipes which are operated by the same stem, so that as one is opened the other will also necessarily be opened,and in the location and arrangement of the cooks between the admission and cut-off valves and the oil and wa- These valves are set at the proper point to admit the exact amount and proportion of oil and water to the vaporizing-retort that will produce the best results in their combustion. These regulating-cocks are set at their proper position at the time the burner is set up for operation, and so as to admit the largest quantity of oil and water that should be admitted in order to secure the best results. All that remains for the servant to do in turning the oil and water into the vaporizingehambers is to turn the handle E far enough around to open the valves arranged on the valve-stem O. No matter if these valves be turned enough around to admit the full volume of the oil and water that can flow through the pipes A and B, the quantity which is admitted to the retort cannot exceed the amount at which the valves F and G have been fixed. No care need be taken, therefore, in the opening of these inflow-valves operated by the handle E. If it should be desired to admit a smaller quantity of oil and water than gaged by the regulating cocks or valves, it can be done by opening theinflow-valves operated by the handle E less than their full capacity.

To regulate the quantity of water or rather the height of the water in the water-vaporiz- 7 ing chamber, I place an upright pipe, H, on

the water-pipe, preferably between the regulating-valve F on the water-pipe and the water-vaporizing chamber. This pipe is openat the top and is provided with a stop-cock, by turning which the pipe is opened or closed. The top of this pipe is just the height that I desire the water to rise in the water-vaporizing chamber. By opening the pipe,by turning the cock the right direction, the pipe will operate as an overflow-pipe and so prevent the water in the vaporizing-chamber from rising beyond a predetermined height.

The arrangement of the inflow and regulating valves will be seen to be such that while no greater quantity of oil and water than the predetermined amount can,through the negligence or thoughtlessness of the servant,be admitted to the vaporizing-retort,a much smaller quantity may be admitted if the servant so desire and exercise the necessary care. In this way I am able to secure the best results in the combustion of the combined oil and water vapors, prevent all unnecessary wastefulness by the servant, and to admit a very small quantity of oil and water into the retort as occasion may make it necessary or desirable.

I'have not described the construction of the valves, as various kinds may be employed; nor is the location of the oil and water regulating valves and the overflow-pipe necessarily confined to a position between the inflow-valves and the vaporizing-retort, though this position is preferred.

\Vhatlclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of oil and water pipes, inflow-valves in said oil and water pipes, regulating cocks or valves arranged in said pipes, respectively, and set at a fixed point to limit the quantity of oil andwater admitted to the vaporizing-chambers, and an overflow-pipe located on the water-pipe to regulate and limit the height of the water in the water-vaporizing chamber, substantially as described.

CHARLES M. YOUNG.

Witnesses:

EPHRAIM BANKING, FRANK L. DOUGLAS. 

